Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
New American Standard Bible
And all
It was only that they might be
King James Version
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Holman Bible
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.
International Standard Version
Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.
A Conservative Version
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they shall be destroyed forever,
American Standard Version
When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.
Amplified
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
Darby Translation
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.
Julia Smith Translation
In the putting forth of the unjust as grass, and all working iniquity shall flourish; to destroy them even to forever:
King James 2000
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed forever:
Lexham Expanded Bible
When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever.
Modern King James verseion
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity blossom, it is that they shall be destroyed forever;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that the ungodly are green as grass, and that all the works of wickedness do flourish, to be destroyed forever.
NET Bible
When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.
The Emphasized Bible
When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.
Webster
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
World English Bible
though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
Youngs Literal Translation
When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!
Themes
Grass » Illustrative » Of prosperity of the wicked
Punishment of the The Wicked » Future described as » Everlasting destruction
Wicked people » Compared with » Grass
Topics
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 92:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Love And Faithfulness
6 A senseless man doesn't know, neither does a fool understand this: 7 though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. 8 But you, LORD, are on high forevermore.
Cross References
Psalm 37:38
As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalm 73:18-20
Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
1 Samuel 25:36-38
Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
Job 21:7-12
"Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
Psalm 37:1-2
Do not fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.
Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
Psalm 73:12
Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
Psalm 90:5-6
You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.
Psalm 94:4
They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
Psalm 103:15-16
As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Proverbs 1:32
For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.
Isaiah 37:27
Therefore their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like a field before its crop has grown.
Isaiah 40:6-7
The voice of one saying, "Cry." One said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
Jeremiah 12:1-2
You are righteous, LORD, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?
Malachi 3:15
Now we call the proud blessed; indeed, those who work wickedness prosper. They even tempt God and escape.'
Malachi 4:1
"For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up," says the LORD of hosts, "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Luke 16:19-25
"Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
James 1:10-11
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
1 Peter 1:24
For, "All flesh is like grass, and all it's glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;